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Breast cancer risk-associated variants at 6q25.1 influence risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in a Chinese population.
Carcinogenesis - 1 Apr 2017
Li Jiaoyuan, Wang Ying, Zhu Ying, Gong Yajie, Yang Yang, Tian Jianbo, Zhang Yi, Zou Danyi, Peng Xiating, Ke Juntao, Gong Jing, Zhong Rong, Chang Jiang
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The gender disparity observed in the incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) suggests an important role of estrogens in HCC pathogenesis. In this study, we conducted a case-control study to investigate whether breast cancer risk-associated single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) located at estrogens loci identified by genome-wide association studies (GWASs) also predispose to HCC in a Chinese population. Three...
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